DRAFT Malahide Historic Core ACA Statement of Character

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MALAHIDE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION AREA JUNE 2009 DRAFT STATEMENT OF CHARACTER 5.0 Development Plan Zoning & Objectives The Fingal Development Plan 2005 – 2011 zones all the sites within the Malahide Architectural Conservation Area (ACA) with Objective SC: To protect and enhance the special physical and social character of major suburban centres and provide and/or improve urban facilities. Part X of the Development Plan sets down the development strategy for Malahide as “to promote the planned and sustainable consolidation of the existing urban form and retention of amenities. The need to upgrade and support the development of the core as a town centre will be balanced with the need to conserve its appearance as an attractive, historical village settlement and the need to retain the existing amenities of the area.” Eleven planning objectives adopted for Malahide include aims to preserve the special character and identity of the town, to retain the existing centre with its mixed use and varied architectural character as the heart and focal point of Malahide, to prepare an urban centre strategy for the core of Malahide, to facilitate and encourage the provision of a broader base of retail and commercial development in Malahide, to develop its services and to develop satellite Neighbourhood Centres in new residential areas. In relation to infrastructure, the objectives intend to conserve and improve the pedestrian permeability of the town core, to improve the railway facilities and to develop its car parking strategy. Also intended is the retention of the impressive tree-lined approach from the city along Dublin Road and to encourage the continuing development of the Castle and Demesne. 15 of 59
MALAHIDE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION AREA JUNE 2009 DRAFT STATEMENT OF CHARACTER 6.0 Description of Existing Built Environment 6.1 Defining Characteristics 6.1.1 Layout This section provides a brief description of the designated ACA under the following headings: layout; socio-economic functions; building types and materials, quality and treatment of open spaces The street pattern of Malahide focuses on The Diamond and the four wide straight roads radiating from it; New Street, Church Street, The Mall and The Dublin Road, with the latter two now forming Main Street. The Main Street extends from the railway line to The Diamond and continues eastwards. To the north of The Diamond the topography of the town descends towards the coastland, while south of The Diamond the ground gradually rises. The Diamond is the thoroughfare of all activity in the town and its social and commercial centre. There is a secondary network of roads which form a roughly regular grid, with roads running on a north-south axis intersected by east-west roads. This regular layout, undertaken at the beginning of the 19 th century, is overlaid on the earlier village layout (see Fig. 3) and the early town centre at the junction of Old Street and Railway Avenue is evident in the irregular line of Old Street and the small square at the junction with Railway Avenue. The western side of The Diamond has been more heavily developed than the eastern side, which is likely due to contributory factors such as the railway station, Malahide Castle and the Dublin Road. Early evidence of this is depicted on the first edition OS map of 1844 which shows only three streets radiating from The Diamond. The typical plots sizes in the town centre are long and narrow, although a number of plots in particular on New Street and Church Street are almost square. Several passages, providing access to the rear of the houses have survived, the majority on Old Street. Closer to The Diamond, many of the shops have been extended to the rear increasing their floor space. The town centre has a medium density and there are no undeveloped sites within the limits of the ACA. 16 of 59
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